Kenny led 10-man ARFC to 2-1 victory

Playing in its new jerseys (BLACK set) for the very first time, 10-man ARFC defeated Anfield Reds 2-1 with an inspiring performance from Kenny.

ARFC was hit by several last-min withdrawals that left the team with just 10 warriors for the match.

ARFC started with this line-up:

Keeper - Dependable Jinzhong

Right-back - Marauding Guoxiong

Sweeper - Combative Ron

Stopper - Towering Toh

Left-back - Unpredictable Blackburn

Left-mid - Speedy Hee

Centre-mid - Steely Tze Ern

Centre-mid - Influential Sebastian

Right-mid - Talisman Derrick  

Striker - Nippy Kenny

 

Subs:

None

Absent:

Skillful Weilit

Dynamic Soon

Powerful Alvin

Unbeatable Darren

Astute-reading sweeper Elvis

Wonder Wayne

Impeccable How Meng

Talented Chun Haw

Composed Jackson

ARFC Scoring Legend Haron

Resolute Jasper

Sublime Khim

Hard-man Tjioe

Booming Boon

It was clear from the start that the opponents were much inferior as ARFC totally dominated proceedings. However, several chances were wasted with Blackburn’s hasty shot particularly eye-catching after being put through lone by Derrick.

Toh also failed to get a clean connection from Sebastian’s free-kick when he chested the ball down and fired high and wide.

From the opponents’ first attack of the match, they took the lead!! 0-1

ARFC drew level with yet another clever foul conjured by Derrick. Trapping the ball in the box, Derrick tried to turn and their big defender ala Christopher Samba kicked him. Derrick fell first but though he immediately got up on his feet, the referee already blew for a penalty.  

Sebastian stepped up and his kick was hit diagonal high up to their keeper’s right. Though he got a touch, he could not prevent the powerful ball from hitting the net. 1-1 and this was Sebastian’s 87^th ARFC goal and successive penalty in 2 matches.

Due to playing with only 10 warriors and coupled with their huge number of substitutes, ARFC began tiring out in the 2^nd half and was pegged back.  However, they could not find a way past ARFC’s stellar defence led ably by Ron.

ARFC then grabbed the winning goal in the 77^th min. Tze Ern received a ball from Guoxiong and with a quick reverse ball down right into the centre, Kenny sprinted clear and brought the ball to the left. He looked to have narrowed his own angle and somehow he showed sharp finishing when he fired a sweet and venomous low volley with his left foot to beat their keeper at his near post. 2-1 and this was Kenny’s 20^th ARFC goal.

With this goal, Kenny moved on level position with Chun Haw at 20 ARFC goals.

ARFC held on for its 17^th victory in 2013 from 24 matches.

These are the voting results:

Ron – 17 pts;

Derrick – 11 pts;

Kenny – 10 pts;

Toh – 7 pts;

Tze Ern – 6 pts;

Guoxiong – 5 pts;

Sebastian – 2 pts;

Hee – 2 pts.

Congratulations to both Ron and Derrick for winning $10 million and $5 million respectively.